Trucking Containers from Houston Port

Speak Mexican,

if not forgetaboutit !!!!!!!!!!!

Unless your income level is kinda LOW !!!!!

 

The only good thing about pulling containers is that you get to be home every night. I almost lost my truck messing around with some container companys and it was paid for.

 

how did that happen if it was paid for?

 

I was making enough money just to get by when my engine started leaking water from the head and i didnt have any money to fix it I almost sold my truck but luckily my old man lent me the money to fix and thats when i knew i had to do something else

 

container trucking ain't for sissies. You need to get in with a reputable company to do any good. Also, considering where your from in Tx., don't plan on being home often. There are also container haulers out of El Paso and Amarillo. From what I have seen, as a company driver container hauler, you either make money or loose money. I don't know about the rest of the country, but here in Colo., if your an O/O and lease on to a company (without your own authority, insurance, etc.) and rely on the company, expect to get paid about 74% of what the load pays. If you have your own authority, insurance, etc., depending on the company you'll make more. The company I work, we pay our O/O 95% of what the load pays, but they require him to be an independent, he has his own authority, insurance, etc. the only thing he runs under from the company is our SCAC authority at the railroads, customs bond, and cargo insurance for the railroad requirements. Now, the other companies, the majority of their owner operators are just that and leased to someone else, they make about 70% to 75% the load.

When we were busy, at one time we had 6 Independents and 10 company drivers and kept all busy. I know the one O/O who has stuck around, when it was super busy, he was pulling $4,000 per week to the truck, and he never went more than 100 miles from our yard in Denver. Years ago, we had another O/O who showed me his settlement check for one week, mind you at the time we were working 70 hrs per 6 day work week, he did $6,000 a week every week for 4 months.

 

dont feel bad at the port of mijami (little cuba)or port everglades here in ft laud if you dont speak spanglish and are not spanglish,you dont stand a chance!!!!! seems they take care of there own and fly their cuban flags running hunk a junk trucks and cry they aint makeing no money feeding a family of 12 can you say tie your pec### in a knot!!!!!! and speak engish!!! this is America last time i checked!!!!

 

HAHA... I have a hard enough time making ends meet with a $1.50mi average and I live very modestly and run otr for 3 to 4 weeks at a time. over 15k miles a month

 

Still the same stuff going on at the houston port? Im looking to come off the road and drive local for a company. Trying to get find a decent gig where I can be home every night. Im not greedy, ill take a pay cut to get home every day. Are they 7 days a week or what?